Cash Handed Out After Harborough’s SwiMarathon

Community groups in and around Market Harborough have been handed a share of £7,500 raised at this year’s SwiMarathon.

42 teams who took part in the event at the Leisure Centre, organised by the Rotary Club of Market Harborough, just before lockdown in March, with the money raised through sponsorship.

Some of the swimmers who took part in the event

Grants totalling £6,000 have been handed to 18 organisations and a further £1,500 retained by the club, to support other causes as the need arises over the next 12 months.

Groups to benefit are: Arts Fresco, Bower House, Church of England School, Fairfield Road PTA, Churches Together Holiday at Home, Great Bowden Choral Society, HFM, Harborough in Bloom, Harborough Town Football Club, Harborough HomeStart, Harborough Street Pastors, HDC Children, Market Harborough Girl Guiding, Morsebags, Musical Memory Box, Shopmobility, Spectrum, St Joseph’s School and St Dionysius Hardship Fund.

The Rotary Club say it is looking very unlikely that the SwiMarathon can be held in March 2021 because of the pandemic, but is hoping to run something in early summer next year.

Volunteers from the Market Harborough Rotary Club, who organised the event